Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social

This belongs in the 🧪 and 🔭 feeds, for the astrophysicist trying to bang out their own model for calculating damages in an antitrust trial.

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Saavik Ford @saavikford.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 22:09 UTC

Huh. This is generally a way to get booted from the jury pool if you say upfront you will apply your own common sense standards? I totally would do this but absolutely did get booted for refusing to agree to abide by… something, I forget what?

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drmag00 @drmag00.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

Would.

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word @words.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

when in doubt ask an astrophysicist to calculate damages and they will inevitability arrive at the heat death of the universe

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@reddog2.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

He was just a poor boy! Very flexible these Astros folks.

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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:52 UTC

I have 100% done this in a civil suit case. The method the plaintiff proposed was nonsense. So I convinced the jury to use mine instead. They did.

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Prof. Joey Neilsen @joeyneilsen.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:44 UTC

Would

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:47 UTC

“Your honor, can we get a chalkboard in here? Yes, your honor, it’s necessary. Tell them to get the Hagoromo chalk.”

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